\Header{volume.ellipsoid}{Compute the Volume of Planar Object}
\alias{volume}{volume.ellipsoid}
\keyword{utilities}{volume.ellipsoid}
\begin{Description}\relax
Compute the volume of a planar object.
This is a generic function and a method for \code{ellipsoid} objects.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
## S3 method for class 'ellipsoid':
volume(object)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{object}] an \R{} object the volume of which is wanted.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Value}
a number, the volume of the given \code{object}.\end{Value}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{ellipsoidhull}} for spanning ellipsoid computation.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
example(ellipsoidhull) # which defines `ellipsoid' object <namefoo>
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

